Sunday, January 29, 2006

Image Making

From The Smirking Chimp: "Are we to believe that when White House Correspondent Susan Malveaux stands in front of that ramshackle barn in Crawford, it is actually on the Bush property? If that's the location, certainly, the outbuilding must have been constructed as part of the staging of this presidency--to make George Bush appeal to the masses of impoverished in this country. What a great use of psychology to fool some of the people most of the time.
As I've said before, I'm not a member of Mensa, but I can recognize a structure that needs to be condemned. Ms. Malveaux is positioned so that viewers of this hard-knock edifice see it as a backdrop when she announces pronouncements and goings on from the Bush compound. And we, the dumb, are expected to accept the possibility that George and Laura, the twins, and Ma and Pa are in there eking out a living and occasionally entertaining the Saudi Royals. These are the Bush roots that Scott would have us believe tie George to the land and to the working and under classes of America. How stupid.

George Bush may sound like a cowpoke, but he's an up-East educated snob. When he isn't vacationing at his vast ranch, he fishes in Kennebunkport, Maine off the shore of Mommy Dearest and Daddy's seaside home. The boat from which they cast their bait probably had a larger price tag than your dream home. In fact, George may have paid more for his bike helmet than you paid for your automobile. "

Remember the image effort during Katrina?

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